Sounds first baseman Hunter Morris (15) and Sounds manager Mike Guerrero (8) celebrate at third base. Morris leads the Sounds in home runs.

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Mack Burke
Gannett Tennessee

It was when he 8 or 9 years old when Nashville Sounds first baseman Hunter Morris discovered that he had an overwhelming passion, and talent, for the game of baseball.

"I didn't really know what kind of future I could have in baseball, but that was kind of when I started getting the itch and wanted to do it all the time, and it was something I really had a passion for," Morris said.

"And, it probably began then that I started to pursue the goal of getting to a major-league career." ...